Styles of Teaching
  • Helicopters- primary goal is to hover and rescue. Sending the message you can't do this without me.

  • Drill Sergents-make lots of demands and are pprone to telling kids how they should be have and feel.

  • Consultants-focus on preparing the child for real world by utilizing the four key principles of love and logic.

Love and Logic Tip #3 pg. 198

Enhancing the opportunity falls into Achievement:

  • ataining a singular goal
  • learning that is incrememntal, continuous,and sustained
  • 4 elements-ability, task difficullty,luck and effort
  • success is under the control of the learner
  • setting aspirations is a build on previous perfomance and setting goals
  • success is based on attainment of a standard
  • control factors of working hard and practicing
  • reason for lack of success is hoe th student commands it, ie: doesn't study.

The joy of accomplishment is through enhancing self-concept,shared control over learning behaviors, shared thinking, and consequences.
Please review these:
Guidelines for Student /Teacher Interactions p. 210
Guidlines for Avoiding Control attles p. 214
Guidelines for utilizing Consequences in the classroom p. 217